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Checking the acid water that collects in the many ponds near the salt deposits of Hamed Ela (Photo: Anastasia)
Checking the acid water that collects in the many ponds near the salt deposits of Hamed Ela (Photo: ... [info]
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At nighttime the fast moving lava in the 'lake' at the new fissure eruption site is even more impressive (Photo: Anastasia)
At nighttime the fast moving lava in the 'lake' at the new fissure eruption site is even more impres... [info]
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Panoramic view of the central area of Nea Kameni with eruption and explosion craters, monitoring equipment (front left) and a red-oxidised lava dome and flow (right). In the background one sees that caldera with (from left to right) the island of Therasia and the white villages of Oia and Fira on the island of Thera. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Panoramic view of the central area of Nea Kameni with eruption and explosion craters, monitoring equ... [info]
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Vesuvius volcano aerial (June 2017) (Photo: Martin Rietze)
Vesuvius volcano aerial (June 2017) (Photo: Martin Rietze) [info]
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A 10 m wide mighty lava fountain is playing its firework display in the middle of the lake at night. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
A 10 m wide mighty lava fountain is playing its firework display in the middle of the lake at night.... [info]
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The most beautiful lava dome of Methana: Kosona lava dome. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The most beautiful lava dome of Methana: Kosona lava dome. (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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Crust of yellow and white mineralisations between the younger lava domes and craters (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Crust of yellow and white mineralisations between the younger lava domes and craters (Photo: Ingrid ... [info]
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The lava flow at Panagitsa chapel (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The lava flow at Panagitsa chapel (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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Taking a closer look at some very fresh lava flows (Photo: Anastasia)
Taking a closer look at some very fresh lava flows (Photo: Anastasia) [info]
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The historic crater of Kameni Chora. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The historic crater of Kameni Chora. (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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As the crust breaks open, a miniature skylight is formed, allowing us a look inside the red glowing hot interior of the active pahoehoe lava flow (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
As the crust breaks open, a miniature skylight is formed, allowing us a look inside the red glowing ... [info]
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It takes no longer than 9 months for plants to colonise a freshly formed lava flow (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
It takes no longer than 9 months for plants to colonise a freshly formed lava flow (Photo: Ingrid Sm... [info]
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Close-up of lava flow (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Close-up of lava flow (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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Lava oozing out from the inflating crust of the flow front. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Lava oozing out from the inflating crust of the flow front. (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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Ferns are the first plants to start growing on new lava flow fields, usually within the cooling cracks (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Ferns are the first plants to start growing on new lava flow fields, usually within the cooling crac... [info]
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The typical sample of a dacitic lava dome on Methana. The Mokrisa lava dome. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The typical sample of a dacitic lava dome on Methana. The Mokrisa lava dome. (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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Bromo emitting dense ash clouds seen at dawn from the caldera rim (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Bromo emitting dense ash clouds seen at dawn from the caldera rim (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Climbing Gran Cratere, Vulcano island, Italy (Photo: Janka)
Climbing Gran Cratere, Vulcano island, Italy (Photo: Janka) [info]
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View on the castle from Marina corta harbour, Lipari island, Italy (Photo: Janka)
View on the castle from Marina corta harbour, Lipari island, Italy (Photo: Janka) [info]
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Our expedition group perched on a ledge above the craters inside Benbow (Ambrym volcano, Vanuatu) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Our expedition group perched on a ledge above the craters inside Benbow (Ambrym volcano, Vanuatu) (P... [info]
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The eruption plume from up close (Eyjafjallajökull's eruption in Iceland in April 2010) (Photo: marcofulle)
The eruption plume from up close (Eyjafjallajökull's eruption in Iceland in April 2010) (Photo: marc... [info]
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The silvery, freshly cooled crust of a lava front breaks open as fresh lava pushes through (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
The silvery, freshly cooled crust of a lava front breaks open as fresh lava pushes through (Photo: I... [info]
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Lava toes oozing out from between just collapsed ropey lava crust (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Lava toes oozing out from between just collapsed ropey lava crust (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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The white houses of Oia contrast strongly with the bright red scoria deposits that make up the caldera cliffs below and which represent yet another destructive phase of volcanic activity in Santorini's long history. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
The white houses of Oia contrast strongly with the bright red scoria deposits that make up the calde... [info]
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Detail of freshly formed silvery crust and its red hot liquid lava interior (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Detail of freshly formed silvery crust and its red hot liquid lava interior (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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Full moon illuminating Stromboli village and Strombolicchio islet, Italy (Photo: Janka)
Full moon illuminating Stromboli village and Strombolicchio islet, Italy (Photo: Janka) [info]
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The Malisa volcano (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The Malisa volcano (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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Beginning of a small lava outbreak from underneath the inflating top of the flow. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Beginning of a small lava outbreak from underneath the inflating top of the flow. (Photo: Ingrid Sme... [info]
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So far there is no other hydrothermal site known with such intense colours and activity as Dallol (Photo: Anastasia)
So far there is no other hydrothermal site known with such intense colours and activity as Dallol (P... [info]
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After the plane turned 180 deg into the western landing approach path, another volcano comes into the sight from the left windows: Vilyuchik stratovolcano at the edge of the southern plateau. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
After the plane turned 180 deg into the western landing approach path, another volcano comes into th... [info]
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Basaltic organ pipes being the remains of a tertiary lava flow in the Saxonian Ore Mountains (height: 30 metres, location: Scheibenberg, Germany) (Photo: Janka)
Basaltic organ pipes being the remains of a tertiary lava flow in the Saxonian Ore Mountains (height... [info]
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Impressive exhibit in Haraldur Sigurðsson's volcano museum in Stykkishólmur, Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland (Photo: Janka)
Impressive exhibit in Haraldur Sigurðsson's volcano museum in Stykkishólmur, Snæfellsnes peninsula, ... [info]
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Sulfur crystals that formed around an active fumarole vent (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Sulfur crystals that formed around an active fumarole vent (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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View of Mayon volcano in the morning. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View of Mayon volcano in the morning. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Close up of a fresh ropey textured crust and the still liquid glowing lava underneath it (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Close up of a fresh ropey textured crust and the still liquid glowing lava underneath it (Photo: Ing... [info]
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Tour guide Enku at the site of a sudden fissure eruption that occurred some 10 years ago (Photo: Anastasia)
Tour guide Enku at the site of a sudden fissure eruption that occurred some 10 years ago (Photo: Ana... [info]
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The crater lake of the central summit crater of Gorely is partially frozen. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The crater lake of the central summit crater of Gorely is partially frozen. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Close-up of small lava pond with active natrocarbonatite lava lake inside Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano's crater (early Dec 2017) (Photo: Gian Schachenmann)
Close-up of small lava pond with active natrocarbonatite lava lake inside Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano's... [info]
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Liquid lava oozing out from underneath a recently cooled crust (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Liquid lava oozing out from underneath a recently cooled crust (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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View of the central part of the fissure from the SW. (Holuhraun eruption of Bardarbunga volcano on Iceland in Sep 2014) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View of the central part of the fissure from the SW. (Holuhraun eruption of Bardarbunga volcano on I... [info]
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View over Gorely's SE summit crater towards the SE, where the summit of neighboring Mutnovsky volcano is seen. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View over Gorely's SE summit crater towards the SE, where the summit of neighboring Mutnovsky volcan... [info]
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Violent degassing on the surface of the lava lake (Photo: Michael Wareham)
Violent degassing on the surface of the lava lake (Photo: Michael Wareham) [info]
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Santorini's famous 'red beach' is an impressive cross section through a red cinder cone that was active about 450 000 years ago. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Santorini's famous 'red beach' is an impressive cross section through a red cinder cone that was act... [info]
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Entering the lava cave, which once contained a mighty lava flow. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Entering the lava cave, which once contained a mighty lava flow. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Acid water can be heard bubbling beneath the surface in one of the springs at Dallol hydrothermal field, Ethiopia. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Acid water can be heard bubbling beneath the surface in one of the springs at Dallol hydrothermal fi... [info]
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Strange fountains on the Yellow Lake at Dallol show the yellow color of the water. The color is not caused by sulfur, but probably bacteria living on hydrocarbons. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Strange fountains on the Yellow Lake at Dallol show the yellow color of the water. The color is not ... [info]
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The unique hydrothermal deposits at Dallol (Photo: Anastasia)
The unique hydrothermal deposits at Dallol (Photo: Anastasia) [info]
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The pseudo-crater of Choni lava dome on Methana. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The pseudo-crater of Choni lava dome on Methana. (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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Detail of the ropey textured crust at the lava flow front and the still liquid, red hot liquid lava underneath it (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Detail of the ropey textured crust at the lava flow front and the still liquid, red hot liquid lava ... [info]
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The Malia-Gliati lava dome on Methana (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The Malia-Gliati lava dome on Methana (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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The ropy structures also provide suitable root holds for the ferns. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The ropy structures also provide suitable root holds for the ferns. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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View into the two twin craters on Nea Kameni that still have active fumaroles. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
View into the two twin craters on Nea Kameni that still have active fumaroles. (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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Close up of pele's hair been formed whilst liquid lava breaks out from underneath freshly cooled crust (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Close up of pele's hair been formed whilst liquid lava breaks out from underneath freshly cooled cru... [info]
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Nyiragongo's lava lake at night (Jan 2018) (Photo: Michael Wareham)
Nyiragongo's lava lake at night (Jan 2018) (Photo: Michael Wareham) [info]
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Tourists climbing Etna this Sunday morning were lucky to be allowed to observe the activity from approx. 2700 m elevation. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Tourists climbing Etna this Sunday morning were lucky to be allowed to observe the activity from app... [info]
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Pacaya volcano with its lava flows seen from Acatenango volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Pacaya volcano with its lava flows seen from Acatenango volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Pumice quarry on Lipari island, Italy (Photo: Janka)
Pumice quarry on Lipari island, Italy (Photo: Janka) [info]
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Aerial view towards north. You can see the most beautiful lava domes of Methana. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
Aerial view towards north. You can see the most beautiful lava domes of Methana. (Photo: Tobias Scho... [info]
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The Tsonakas volcano on Methana (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The Tsonakas volcano on Methana (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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Small pyroclastic flow from Krakatau (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Small pyroclastic flow from Krakatau (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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As the lava underneath keeps flowing, the cold upper crust breaks up, showing the red ht liquid lava below (Photo: Anastasia)
As the lava underneath keeps flowing, the cold upper crust breaks up, showing the red ht liquid lava... [info]
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Textures of young pahoehoe lava. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Textures of young pahoehoe lava. (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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Rusting remnants of an old truck at Dallol, Ethiopia (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Rusting remnants of an old truck at Dallol, Ethiopia (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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Polyvotis crater, the second largest crater within Nisyros´caldera (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Polyvotis crater, the second largest crater within Nisyros´caldera (Photo: Ingrid Smet) [info]
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The Malia Vgethi volcano and the western cape of Methana (Krasopanagia). (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
The Malia Vgethi volcano and the western cape of Methana (Krasopanagia). (Photo: Tobias Schorr) [info]
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It is just fascinating to watch the ever changing patterns, textures and shapes of the advancing pahoehoe lava flow fronts (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
It is just fascinating to watch the ever changing patterns, textures and shapes of the advancing pah... [info]
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A brief view of the fire hose behind feeding the constant explosive activity. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
A brief view of the fire hose behind feeding the constant explosive activity. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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The usually grey-brown volcanic desert landscape of Nea Kameni has a vivid green and ruby red carpet in winter time. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
The usually grey-brown volcanic desert landscape of Nea Kameni has a vivid green and ruby red carpet... [info]
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